May, Igog.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. "45 
PAPHIOPEDILUM x VENUS. 
THE annexed figure represents a beautiful hybrid from the collection of Dr. 
Otto N. Witt, Westend, Berlin, and is reproduced from a photograph 
kindly sent by him. It was purchased without a name at the sale of Mr. 
Appleton’s collection, but is supposed to be a seedling between P. insigne 
Sanderz and P. niveum, and was therefore thought to. be P xX Venus 
Fig. 12. PAPHIOPEDILUM X VENUS. 
Cookson’s var.. That, however, has decidedly longer sepals and petals, 
and is thus a larger but less compact flower. Dr. Witt remarks that the 
ground colour of the whole flower is a creamy white, slightly suffused with 
lemon-yellow in the centre, and the spots are reddish brown. The foliage 
most resembles P. insigne, but is distinctly mottled. It is certainly a 
charming little plant. 
